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The long-awaited sequel wears its fan service on its sleeve, but the meta-references, winks, and nods are layered with a much deeper meaning
The new HBO film is a deeply intimate look at Soundcloud rap’s greatest hope and champion, but it doesn’t answer bigger questions
The latest Spidey epic imports some familiar looking bad guys — and somehow retcons an entire comic-book multiverse under one mouse-eared roof
The adaptation of the Tony-winning Broadway musical and its star have been raked over the coals since the first trailer appeared — yet the end result is painfully true to the spirit of the play
A spiritual prequel to ‘Punch Drunk Love,’ the filmmaker’s look back at a bygone era couldn’t be more personal — or have better performers at its centre
Ridley Scott’s true-crime tale of murder among the rich, famous and fashionable has a supernova at the center of it, and proves the singer is a great actor, period
The actor plays a bachelor uncle stuck with his precocious nephew in Mike Mills’ latest drama, a film that brings indie tropes into moving harmony
But just because you’re not scared to watch a franchise wallow in knee-jerk nostalgia doesn’t mean it’s not a pandering mess
Jeymes Samuel’s feature debut is a history lesson wrapped in fast, flashy, and fantastical storytelling
The director throws every trick in his book at this lovingly tribute to ‘The New Yorker’ magazine — and creatives everywhere
